Went to a call yesterday for a 'welfare check' as an elderly gentleman had not been seen by his neighbours for a couple of days, there was milk outside his doorstep and some mail and newspapers beginning to pile up behind the door. The neighbours had reported that he was normally very efficient and that if he was going away he would cancel things like milk. All the curtains were closed (this was daytime) and there was no response calling in. The police had already been called but i was on scene first. After looking for alternative ways in the only way was via the front door. To be fair the door wasnt especially solid but we decided to break the large glass pane in the door instead of turning it into firewood. Unfortunately the door had been deadlocked and there was no key on the inside so we climbed in through the now open door frame. Fearing the worst we ventured into each room expecting to find a corpse but there was no trace. The house was immaculate and didnt at all smell like an 80 year olds place. The only evidence of anything i found was a urinary catheter filled with blood. I contacted control to ask if we had taken the gentleman into hospital recently which it turned out we had 4 days ago. Loving the communication. Before entry was forced one of the coppers asked if we (ambulance service) were allowed to kick down doors etc. I said we were under certain circumstances but there was too much paperwork involved if things like this happened. I think he used more ink than i did yesterday...